Support or Oppose: The deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine (April 2022)

Support or Oppose: The deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine (April 2022)

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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?"
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categoryTotal
Strongly support11%
Somewhat support23%
Somewhat oppose22%
Strongly oppose32%
Don’t know/No opinion12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?" Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Strongly support15%5%9%
Somewhat support27%18%21%
Somewhat oppose22%13%25%
Strongly oppose25%41%36%
Don’t know/No opinion11%23%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Strongly support10%6%21%
Somewhat support38%22%25%
Somewhat oppose23%24%21%
Strongly oppose24%32%22%
Don’t know/No opinion5%16%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Strongly support4%12%10%
Somewhat support23%22%20%
Somewhat oppose20%32%25%
Strongly oppose48%21%35%
Don’t know/No opinion4%13%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Strongly support16%9%8%
Somewhat support29%23%20%
Somewhat oppose24%16%25%
Strongly oppose23%33%37%
Don’t know/No opinion8%19%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Strongly support12%15%21%
Somewhat support31%25%32%
Somewhat oppose31%25%18%
Strongly oppose18%25%23%
Don’t know/No opinion8%10%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Strongly support8%7%9%
Somewhat support29%17%17%
Somewhat oppose26%30%19%
Strongly oppose29%36%44%
Don’t know/No opinion7%10%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Strongly support11%11%11%
Somewhat support24%20%23%
Somewhat oppose24%25%17%
Strongly oppose31%23%35%
Don’t know/No opinion10%20%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Strongly support11%10%
Somewhat support22%24%
Somewhat oppose22%22%
Strongly oppose38%27%
Don’t know/No opinion7%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?" Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Strongly support13%9%12%
Somewhat support27%23%18%
Somewhat oppose20%24%21%
Strongly oppose28%33%35%
Don’t know/No opinion12%11%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Strongly support14%9%12%8%
Somewhat support26%28%22%18%
Somewhat oppose20%20%22%26%
Strongly oppose24%28%33%39%
Don’t know/No opinion16%15%10%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Strongly support20%11%13%12%4%16%
Somewhat support11%19%24%27%27%22%
Somewhat oppose20%22%21%20%23%26%
Strongly oppose46%31%30%29%35%32%
Don’t know/No opinion2%17%13%12%11%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Strongly support11%10%9%14%
Somewhat support23%22%27%23%
Somewhat oppose24%23%22%17%
Strongly oppose30%34%28%35%
Don’t know/No opinion12%11%14%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose the deployment of U.S. military personnel to Ukraine?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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CategoryThe Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God.Don't know.
Strongly support11%9%13%11%
Somewhat support23%25%24%14%
Somewhat oppose20%25%21%15%
Strongly oppose27%33%35%28%
Don’t know/No opinion19%8%8%32%

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